In health, indigenous polymicrobial communities at mucosal surfaces maintain an ecological
balance via both inter‐microbial and host‐microbial interactions that promote their own and …

Cellular Phenotype and Apoptosis: The function of epithelial tissues is the protection of the
organism from chemical, microbial, and physical challenges which is indispensable for …

Objectives To provide an update on our current understanding of how saliva and its various
constituents directly and indirectly affect oral bacteria and thereby play a role in the …

Porphyromonas gingivalis is a Gram-negative oral anaerobe that is involved in the
pathogenesis of periodontitis, an inflammatory disease that destroys the tissues supporting …

Recent metagenomic and mechanistic studies are consistent with a new model of
periodontal pathogenesis. This model proposes that periodontal disease is initiated by a …

Disrobes the characterization of the periodontal diseases as multifactorial infections elicited
by a complex of bacterial species that interact with host tissues and cells. Cause of cells to …

Maintenance of periodontal health or transition to a periodontal lesion reflects the
continuous and ongoing battle between the vast microbial ecology in the oral cavity and the …

The Prokaryotes' new electronic edition offers many advantages over the familiar print
format:-A powerful search engine-Streamlined navigation by either phylogeny or …

The oral epithelial barrier separates the host from the environment and provides the first line
of defense against pathogens, exogenous substances and mechanical stress. It consists of …

Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory condition that destroys the tooth‐supporting tissues
and eventually leads to tooth loss. As one of the most prevalent oral conditions, periodontitis …